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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to David Cobb

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10311 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 July 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 36.1 cm, Width: 23.6 cm Order a Copy

Discusses an upcoming trip to Boston, Massachusetts and expresses that "I am anxious that you should [go to] the [Marne ?] with me." Goes on to mention a "Pichgreu," stating "[w]hat a flabigasting he has given the Emperor and his satelites." Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Cobb, David, 1748-1830
Pichegru, Jean-Charles, 1761-1804

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